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Korto Reeves Williams

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Korto Reeves Williams ko daraniiɗo haɓaade rewɓe e leydi Liberiyaajo. Ko kanko woni gardiiɗo leydi ndii e koolaaɗo kuuɓal hakkeeji rewɓe e nder ActionAid Liberia, tergal e yiilirde Urgent Action Fund (Afrik), kadi ko kanko woni tergal e fedde rewɓe Liberia e fedde rewɓe Afrik.[ Ko e nder feminism o tawi faandaare makko laaɓtunde e nder... ngendam.

William's stated: "To build the feminist movement in Africa, we need more women to identify openly as feminists. We need to support documentation of feminist literature. And we need to hold feminist forums nationally as a means of outreaching and being more visible as feminists. Whenever I encounter the intellect of a woman, ready to challenge falsehoods that violate our rights I am inspired. I am humbled when African sisters provide this intellectual ambience!"

Williams has a master's degree in Sustainable Development from the School of International Training (now the SIT Graduate Institute) in Vermont, United States

Williams is the women's rights coordinator of ActionAid Liberia, and the country director.

E njillu makko to Liberiyaa e lewru feebariyee 2011, fiyoowo filmo biyeteeɗo Emma Thompson teskiima « gartugol ONU mawngol » e laawol makko ummoraade e laana ndiwoowa, o haaldii e Williams ko fayti e ɗuum, o wiyi mo ko ɓooyaani koo o woppi golle makko e ONU, no « wonnoo nii ». waɗaaka ngam sukaaɓe daraniiɓe yiɗɓe yiyde geɗe ina mbaɗee e dow leydi".

Her academic publications include Beyond Mass Action: A Study Of Collective Organizing Among Liberian Women Using Feminist Movement Perspectives.[1] Williams has frequently contributed to ActionAid International's magazine, Common Cause, as well as a book, Voice, Power and Soul: A Portrait of African Feminists.

In a September 2017 op-ed in The Bush Chicken (which also appeared as an Africa at LSE blog post on the London School of Economics website), Williams (and her co-author Robtel Neajai Pailey) were critical of Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa's first elected woman head of state. They stated that in her 12 years in charge, she had achieved "next to nothing to position women favorably to win votes".

  1. "Korto Reeves Williams". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 6 November 2017.